1. TENSIONS BETWEEN THE UPCOUNTRY & LOWCOUNTRY
STANDARD INDICATOR 8-3.1
TENSIONS BETWEEN THE UPCOUNTRY & LOWCOUNTRY

2. TENSION BETWEEN UPCOUNTRY & LOWCOUNTRY
Surfaced during the Regulator Movement
Increased due to the Revolutionary War
Continued to grow as differences between the two regions developed
Upcountry: Northwestern part of state, original home of Cherokee
Lowcountry: area along Atlantic coast, first area settled in state

3. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN UPCOUNTRY & LOWCOUNTRY
Patriots
Elite planters
Wealthy & civilized
Plantation farming
Cash crops (rice & indigo)
Many slaves
Slave main labor source
Upcountry
Loyalists
Traders & woodsmen
Poor & uncivilized
Subsistence farming
Staple crops (food & small amounts of flax)
Few slaves
Farmers & slaves worked together

4. Differences Continued
Lowcountry
Strong support for slavery
Economy & social status depended on slavery
Small white population
Large slave population
Controlled politics & government
Upcountry
Little support for slavery
Economy & social class depended on their hard work & determination
Large white population
Small slave population
Little political power

5. Differences Continued
Lowcountry
Greater representation in legislature
Greater influence
Center of government & business
Charleston capital
Upcountry
Little representation in legislature
Little influence
Had to travel too far to present issues to legislature or argue court cases

6. A.R. War Economically affected SC
Upcountry & Lowcountry suffered
Fighting destroyed countryside & slaves
Livestock & goods were taken by British
After war economy was slow to improve

7. Reasons for Economic Suffering of Lowcountry
No British subsidies
No protected markets
Britain developed new sources of raw materials and markets for goods
Planters could not pay debts to British creditors
US & SC governments could not pay for goods they had commandeered from citizens
Poor crop yields
(Economic problems would continue until the early 1800’s when cotton became new cash crop)

8. Political Tensions Between Upcountry & Lowcountry are Eased When….
1785: Legislature created counties and county courts
1786: capital moved to Columbia in center of state
(Political tension still exists since the Lowcountry maintained its majority control in legislature)

9. Equal representation Why did the Lowcountry agree to share power?
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
Cotton became a cash crop in Upcountry
Slavery increases in the Upcountry
Lowcountry agrees to share power in legislature
How Inventions
changed history
(for better of for worse) (5:15)

10. Equal representation
Legislature passed the Compromise of 1808: this act
Reapportioned the house
Representation based equally on white population & amount of taxable property (including slaves)
Low & Up Countries had their share of slaves & political power